# Nacien — Le Morte d’Arthur character guide

> Nacien in Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A hermit who interprets visions for the Grail knights.

## In the story

### [The Shield of Joseph and the Tomb of the Fiend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xi)

The hermit whose resting place is where the shield is to be left for Galahad.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/iv)

Listed among the seven kings and two knights in Launcelot's lineage.

### [Of the advision of Sir Ector, and how he jousted with Sir Uwaine les Avoutres, his sworn brother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ii)

Nacien the hermit is identified as the holiest man in the country, to whom Gawaine and Ector seek guidance.

### [How Sir Gawaine and Sir Ector came to an hermitage to be confessed, and how they told to the hermit their advisions.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/iii)

The hermit who hears the confessions of Gawaine and Ector and interprets their visions allegorically.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/iv)

The hermit who expounds the vision to Ector and the other knights.

### [Of the Marvels of the Sword and of the Scabbard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/iv)

Found the ship and sword, broke it at his need, was wounded for drawing it unworthily.

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